Transport lexicon

A haulage contractor is responsible for the actual transportation of a freight consignment via land, water or air.

A service for forwarding goods from the loading place to the destination.

A haulier is as an independent contractor or a commercial entrepreneur who, based on a transport contract, carries out the transport via rail, road, sea, air, inland waterways or in a combination of these forms of transport.

Materials or objects which due to their composition may be a risk are considered hazardous. When transporting loads, specific regulations must be followed. Hazardous goods transports also have to be marked as such with danger boards, slips of paper and

Extremely long, heavy, wide or high loads are transported for which special equipment such as cranes or lifting jacks is required.

Abbreviation for heavy goods vehicle

Horse transport is a special type of animal transport in which living horses are transported by truck, car, train, ship or aircraft. Special horse transport companies offer professional transportation of horses (usually: sport horses, breeding horses